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Paul's avatar

So many of these things came alive for me once I understood biblical cosmology. As you say it "truly is the living word". I love 1enoch, 1&2 esdras, jasher, jubilees. My small home group has gone through many deep studies on different topics spanning all the books. A few often quoted phrases among us are "God does not repeat himself without reason", and "what do we see by the weight of scripture? " which means gather everything we can find on a topic, all sides, read them all, and let the scripture interpret itself. We have things we are sure about, and we have some "table topics" meaning we do not claim to have full understanding yet. Those remain open until full understanding is revealed by the Holy ghost and confirmed by the scripture. One reminder for both of you, something you both know.

"Love one another, as I have first loved you".

Jamie Dale-Jensen's avatar

As we saw yesterday, this tends to bring out a knee jerk fear reaction in some people. My best advice to them? Be a Berean. Ask questions. Compare the texts to the scripture you have in the 66 books.

Book of Jasher is referenced in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18.

Acts of Solomon is referenced in 1 Kings 11:41

Book of Samuel the Seer is referenced in 1 Chronicles 29:29

Book of Nathan the Prophet is referenced in 1 Chronicles 29:29.

There is much more. The Lord is not afraid of questions. In fact He tells us to be like children. As a child? I asked a ton of questions about everything. I still do. How else do we grow?

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